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ION-ADR-A-1

fabric descriptionobject dataarchaeometry
fabric type ION-ADR-A-1
ware Transport Amphorae
supposed site of production Ionic-Adriatic region
certainty of arguments archaeological: quite certain
visual excamination of fresh break colour very pale brown, texture fine and compact, fine to infrequent large inclusions: white, red, voids
colour of freshly broken section (munsell) pink 7.5 YR 7/4
texture of freshly broken surface granular
hardness hard
porosity 5.0%; void form: vughy (0.04-0.8), channel (0.08-0.6); void length: 0.04-0.8
inclusions 7.5%, length: <0.04-2.8
sorting bimodal: poorly-sorted sand in well-sorted silt
 

Inclusions

quartz very frequent, well rounded - subangular, very spherical - subspherical, grey, white, clear, 0.04-0.4
mica frequent, angular, spherical, white, <0.04-0.04
calciumcarbonate infrequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, white, 0.04-0.24
carbonate pseudomorphoses infrequent, rounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, white, 0.08-2.8
reddish inclusions riddled with, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, very elongate, red, reddish brown, <0.04-0.44
black inclusions very frequent, well rounded - subrounded, very spherical - subspherical, elongate, black, <0.04-0.16
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